Bill Text: CA AB2047 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: discrimination prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-08-28 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). [AB2047 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2047-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 11, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 16, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 18, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 19, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Mike Fong |
February 01, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66279 is added to the Education Code, to read:66279.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the California State University(iii)In response to patterns of occurrences of sex discrimination incidents, provide additional prevention training to student organizations on campus, including, but not limited to, college-affiliated fraternity and sororities, athletic teams, and students who reside on campus.
(F)Provide annual prevention trainings for students, faculty, and staff. The trainings provided by the Title IX office may be the same as the systemwide prevention trainings provided in Section 66280.
(1)Meet,
(2)If an action plan is provided by the systemwide Office of Civil Rights as part of the evaluation pursuant to paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 66280, implement that action plan.
(d)Notwithstanding Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California.
SEC. 2.
Section 66279.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66279.5.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the University of California shall designate, on or before July 1, 2026, a private space, known as the Title IX office, for students and employees to disclose reports and complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. The designated Title IX office space may be located within an existing office on campus, including, but not limited to, a civil rights office or antidiscrimination office. The Title IX office shall be under the administration of a Title IX coordinator who shall be responsible for coordinating the campus’ implementation of and compliance with the systemwide nondiscrimination policy identified and maintained pursuant to Section 66280.5.SEC. 2.SEC. 3.
Section 66280 is added to the Education Code, to read:(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)“Leader of the system” means the Chancellor of the California State University or the President of the University of California.
(2)“Systemwide governing board” means the Board of Trustees of the California State University or the Regents of the University of California.
(3)“Systemwide office of the leader of the system” means the office of the Chancellor of the California State University or the office of the President of the University of California.
(b)
66280.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to be in compliance with Section 66270, the California State University(c)
(B)The systemwide nondiscrimination policy shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated annually by the systemwide civil rights officer and the leader of the system in consultation with campus Title IX coordinators and representatives from student, faculty, and staff groups affiliated with the system.
(A)A campus chancellor.
(B)
(C)
(D)
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(F)
(6)Empower Title IX offices on campuses of the California State University and Title IX offices on campuses of the University of California in implementing the best practices established pursuant to paragraph (5).
(7)(A)Develop and implement a systemwide prevention training program for students, faculty, and staff on campuses within the system. The systemwide prevention training shall do, or include, all of the following:
(i)Incorporate required bystander prevention training, policy awareness training, and primary prevention training.
(ii)Adopt an approach of intersectionality that calls for a pursuit of culturally relevant programs and practices that name and meaningfully consider how students, faculty, and staff of various identities, including, but not limited to, race, gender identity, class, sexual orientation, and ability, interact with each other.
(iii)Training that contains feedback loops to determine if the training is having the intended effect.
(iv)Training that complies with Section 67385.7.
(B)Nothing in this section prevents a campus from adding to the training provided pursuant to this paragraph, as long as the additional training supplements and does not supplant any of the requirements in subparagraph (A).
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(9)Review the reports provided pursuant to Section 66279 and provide an action plan for improving the activities of the Title IX office for purposes of preventing and addressing sex discrimination.
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(12)Beginning on or before July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, compile the reports described in paragraph (9) from the previous year into one report provided to the systemwide governing board and leader of the system. The report shall be publicly presented at a meeting of the systemwide governing board at the subsequent board meeting following the July 1 publication date. The report shall be posted on the systemwide governing board’s internet website.
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(d)Notwithstanding Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California.